VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-6059
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-02-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r38566 does not properly restrict access from web pages to the (1) Set-Cookie and (2) Set-Cookie2 HTTP response headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from cookies via XMLHttpRequest calls, related to the HTTPOnly protection mechanism.